Article 5 Amendment of Class G of Part 14 (air source heat pumps)I1

England and Wales

(1)

Class G (installation or alteration etc of air source heat pumps on domestic premises) of Part 14 (renewable energy) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph G.1 (development not permitted - MCS Planning Standards), omit “or equivalent standards”.

(3)

In paragraph G.2 (development not permitted)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “more” to the end, substitute—

“—

(i)

more than one air source heat pump on, or within the curtilage of—

(aa)

a dwellinghouse which is not a detached dwellinghouse;

(bb)

a block of flats;

(ii)

more than two air source heat pumps on, or within the curtilage of, a detached dwellinghouse;”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (d), for “exceed 0.6 cubic metres” substitute—

“—

(i)

in the case of the installation of an air source heat pump on, or within the curtilage of, a dwellinghouse, exceed 1.5 cubic metres;

(ii)

in the case of the installation of an air source heat pump on, or within the curtilage of, a block of flats, exceed 0.6 cubic metres;”;

(c)

omit sub-paragraph (e).

(4)

In paragraph G.3 (conditions)—

(a)

omit sub-paragraph (a);

(b)

before sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“(aa)

the air source heat pump is not solely used for the purpose of cooling;”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 5 in force at 29.5.2025, see art. 1(2)